Tag: Dynamic Earth

Kaja Fenn I put some music on and sat down to write this blog about what I do and the next thing I know the Rolling Stones came on. With the classic lyrics: “Pleased to meet you, Hope you guess my name, But what's puzzling you, Is the nature of my game”. How perfect I... Continue Reading →

Brooke Johnson I watched a fantastic video (linked below) where Carl Sagan quotes Herman Melville in Moby Dick: “I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas...” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3c1QZzRK4 It got me to thinking about why I choose to study natural history and environmental research. I have a great deal of... Continue Reading →

Sarah Lucas The rock record is our key to understanding the past. When we try to reconstruct the habitat and lifestyles of ancient creatures we turn to the rock record to find their fossilised bodies, their footprints, their burrows and the preserved sediments of the environments they lived in. It’s interesting then to think about... Continue Reading →